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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
09-17-2015, 07:08 AM
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#4... love the composition and colors
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-27-2015, 07:12 AM
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Thanks for your response Adam. I have a Sony RX100 that I shoot at 10M resolution (not the full 20M that it is capable of). Transferred photographs from both the Sony and Pentax to my phone. Pinch zoom on the Sony picture is scary sharp. Not quite so with the Pentax. Just to illustrate with an example, I can see every single hair on a person's eyelid on the Sony picture but the Pentax version is just a blurry set of lines. My wife pointed that out to me as she likes to pinch zoom on photographs and commented that the Sony retained more detail when zoomed in compared to the Pentax K5II.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-25-2015, 09:48 PM
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K5II newbie here and need some help with a couple of problems with my camera. The first has to do with focus points in the viewfinder. I can barely seem them light up in the viewfinder when it's bright and sunny outside. Is there a viewfinder brightness control option that I'm unaware of or am I the only one having this problem? Focus points on the far left and right of the frame are the most hard to see in bright conditions.
Secondly, I'm having trouble with exposure control. I can't get the fill flash to get rid of harsh shadows in outdoor conditions. Tried moving closer to the subject and also adjusting flash compensation. Matrix metering results in both blown highlights and underexposed areas. Spot metering tends to help but I find I miss many shots when taking the time to spot meter. What's the most consistent exposure mode on the K5II? I've heard some people having good results with TAv. I just want to be able to nail my exposures without having to fuss over each shot.
Finally, I notice when previewing shots and zooming to check for focus that the picture looks pixelated when zoomed in. I'm shooting at full 16M resolution so this seemed very surprising. Even pinch zooming the images copied to my phone have this behavior so it's not a playback/LCD issue on my camera.
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